Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0780 - Commerce and Insurance
Subtitle 0780-02 - Division of Fire Prevention
Chapter 0780-02-07 - Fire Protection Sprinkler System Contractors
Section 0780-02-07-.01 - DEFINITIONS
Universal Citation: TN Comp Rules and Regs 0780-02-07-.01
Current through September 24, 2024
(1) For purposes of this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions of terms contained in Tenn. Code Ann. § 62-32-101 are applicable. In addition:
(a) "Business" means the planning,
selling, installing, or servicing of fire protection sprinkler
systems.
(b) "Certificate" means a
certificate of registration issued to a fire protection sprinkler contractor by
the Department of Commerce and Insurance.
(c) "Inspection" means a visual examination
of a sprinkler system or portion thereof to verify that it appears to be in
operating condition and free from physical damage.
(d) "License" means a license issued by the
Department of Commerce and Insurance to a responsible managing
employee.
(e) "NFPA" means the
National Fire Protection Association, Inc., a nationally recognized standards
making organization.
(f) "NICET"
means the National Institute for Certification in Engineering
Technologies.
(g) "Point of
Service" means the point immediately after the tap of the service main where
water is used exclusively for fire protection purposes.
(h) "Repair" means any work performed after
initial installation on a fire protection sprinkler system, not including
inspecting and testing.
(i)
"Service" means to repair, test, or inspect. For the purposes of Tenn. Code
Ann. Title 62, Chapter 32, Part 1, the definition of service does not include
the inspection or testing of backflow preventers by employees or agents of
public water systems regulated under Tenn. Code Ann. §
68-221-701, et seq. and Tenn.
Comp. R & Regs. 1200-05-01-.17.
(j) "Shop Drawings" means working drawings
indicating the fabrication, assembly, installation or erection of a fire
protection sprinkler system's components.
(k) "Standards" means those standards adopted
herein.
(l) "Test" means subjection
of a fire protection sprinkler system to any procedure necessary to insure its
proper operation or installation.
(m) "Water Supply" means public and private
utility water mains, gravity tanks, pressure tanks, reservoirs, wells, and all
other water sources.
Authority: T.C.A. § 62-32-103.
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